[186] Ibid. p. 6.

[187] Coke’s institutes, part 2. p. 440. Ruffhead, vol. I.

[188] 32 Henry VIII. c. 46. 12 Car. II.

[189] Craig, de feud. lib. 2. Dieges. 13. Dalrymple on feudal property, ch. 5. sect. 1.

[190] Craig de feud. lib. 2. dieges. 14.

[191] Basnage, coutume de Normandie, tit. De partage d’heritage. LL. Hen. 1. 70.

[192] Dalrymple on feud. property, chap. 5. § 1. Hume, appen. 2.

[193] Hale’s hist. of the common law, chap. 5. Bacon’s hist. and polit. discourse on the laws and government of England, part 1. chap. 45, 55, and 56.

[194] Id. chap. 57. See also Tyrrel’s history, and Kennet’s historians.

[195] Glanvil, lib. 7. cap. 3. Craig de feud. lib. 2. dieges. 15. Dalrymple on feudal property, chap. 5. § 2.